Population Growth The resident population of Florida (in thousands) is given in the following table. Let x equal the number of years after 2000 and y equal the number of thousands of residents.
a. Graph the data points to determine if a linear equation is a reasonable model for the data.
b. If it is reasonable, find the linear model that is the best fit for the data, with x equal to the number of years after 2000.
c. What does this unrounded model predict that the population will be in 2020?
Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Population (thousands) | 16,713 | 17,019 | 17,375 | 17,784 |
Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
Population (thousands) | 18,089 | 18,278 | 18,424 | 18,538 |
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